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Other Training

As part of my doctoral training, I am currently pursuing a 5-course Data Science Specialization taught entirely in R, focused on reproducible analysis, data visualization, functional programming, and machine learning within a tidyverse framework.


Programming Skills

R
Git/Github
Bash
MATLAB
Python
Javascript


Philosophy

I am a strong advocate for open science and continually strive for a more shareable, efficient and reproducible workflow. I enjoy learning and teaching statistics within communities that are friendly, inclusive, and supportive, and I have had the privilege of co-organizing several workshops and conferences dedicated to sharing open-source data science tools within such communities.


More info

See full CV at bcullen.rbind.io/cv for more complete list of positions and peer-reviewed publications.


Disclaimer

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Brendan Cullen

I am a PhD student and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon. As an aspiring data scientist, my long-term goal is to contribute to open-source software and to apply my computational skills as a researcher within an industry setting focused on enhancing health across the lifespan.

Education

PhD Student, Psychology

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

2022 - 2017

MS, Psychology

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

2019 - 2017

BA, Neuroscience

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

2015 - 2011

Selected Positions

Lab Instructor

PSY 611: Data Analysis I and PSY 612: Data Analysis II

University of Oregon

2020 - 2019

  • Designed and taught lab sections for graduate statistics classes (full materials here).

Graduate Employee

Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab

University of Oregon

2018 - 2017

  • Created and maintained automated workflow for daily backup of fMRI data via a high performance computing cluster

Research Assistant

Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab &
Embodied Neuroscience Lab

Brown University

2017 - 2015

  • Cleaned, scored and 20+ self-report measures of mindfulness and mental health
  • Designed custom software in MATLAB to implement novel EEG/EMG paradigm for measuring neural correlates of tactile acuity and precision grip strength

Selected Workshops Taught

Introduction to Git and Github

Psychology First Year Research Seminar

University of Oregon

2020

  • Introductory workshop for first-year psychology PhD and Master’s students on basics of using Git and Github for version control

Selected Service

Co-organizer

Cascadia R Conf 2020

Eugene, OR

2020

  • Updated website, designed new hex sticker, secured additional sponsors

Co-organizer

Eugene Brainhack

Eugene, OR

2018

  • Co-organized a two-day Brainhack event hosted at the University of Oregon for collaborative software development projects related to computational neuroscience and psychology